Confessions of a Fanboy

The updates around here have been scarce. Even now I can’t really find a way to artfully describe it. Several reasons, explanations, and excuses have stacked up and I’m feeling blocked. I don’t know what else to say or how to describe it. I don’t know how to get past it, [...]

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Welcome to my World of Randomness. I thought I’d be eager to continue digesting and processing all the great new music I’ve recently added, but my mind just doesn’t seem up to the task today. Today is one of those days I can’t possibly make a decision and nothing seems very right, good, [...]

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If you listen to a song six times in a row it’s probably a good indication you ought to write something about it. At least that’s what I’m telling myself.
I listened to four new albums of music while at work today and after that I was in the mood for something more familiar. [...]

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It’s been pissing rain for hours and I’m still at work, yet I’m in a good mood. Three albums of new music will do that for a person. Not only have I listened to three albums of new music so far today, I’ve listened to three albums of good music today.
I’ve listened to [...]

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Equally great as my victory over Huntsville in the pursuit of Richard Hawley was the arrival of my Fast Horse Recordings package on Saturday. I’m sad to say I didn’t get to listen to a single note upon its arrival owing to a busy day of doing “things,” most of which didn’t get accomplished.

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After being introduced to the music of Richard Hawley, I began a desperate search for his CDs. Huntsville is not a bad place to live, but the city lacks certain basic amenities: a decent music store. In Huntsville, you have your choice of Best Buy, Circuit City, FYE (the music chain that [...]

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Last night’s BSCA went far better than the week before it. A good time was had by all. The mighty Sterfish joined us to re-cap the Grammys. An excellent panel of Dawn Olsen, Mark Saleski, A.L. Harper, and El Bicho joined me to discuss our favorite love songs (as well as some [...]

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All you need is love. You’re gonna have to face it, you’re addicted to love. It’s all about the love tonight on the B-Sides Concept Album program on BlogTalkRadio, and you’re invited to share in the love!
It’s Valentine’s Day and tonight we discuss the best and worst love songs and we want you [...]

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It took a few listens to even begin processing what the hell is going on with this record, but I think I’ve come up with it.
Listening to Strawberry Jam is like listening to three or four of your favorite records and the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds simultaneously.

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Amazon Prime brought me a present yesterday: a double live album recorded when Harrison fronted Eric Clapton’s band in Japan. I don’t know how long it had been since George had played a live gig, but he’d been relatively absent from touring for most of the ’80s.

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